Feb 11, 2021 BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL MEETING

NOW NEXT TO ITEM FOUR A CONSIDER RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CHANGING OF THE NAME OF NEGRO HEAD LAKE TO A NON DEROGATORY, NON-OFFENSIVE NAME.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, WELL, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN BAYTOWN WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, A LOT OF SOLAR ENGINEERING PROJECTS.

AND SO, UM, WE'RE VERY BUSY AND WE LIKE FIXING THINGS IN BAYTOWN.

AND SO, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT, OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, AMONGST OURSELVES.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE OUTSIDE ENGINEERS, BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, MAKING THINGS HAPPEN IF IT'S STREETS, IF IT'S SIDEWALKS, IF IT'S DRAINAGE, UH, WE KNOW THAT MR. SEMINO AND ALL HIS STAFF ARE CERTAINLY ON IT.

AND SO WITH THAT, THIS WEEK IS A PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR OR AT LEAST ON THE 21ST OR THE 27TH PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK.

SO, WHEREAS ENGINEERS WEEK, WEEK HAS STARTED, WAS STARTED IN 1951 BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS TO RAISE A PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ENGINEERS, POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

WHEREAS ENGINEERS WEEK IS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY AS THE TIME OF AT, AT THE TIME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, BECAUSE HE WAS AN ENGINEER, AS WELL AS OUR NATION'S FIRST PRESIDENT.

ENGINEERS MAKE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN DRIVING OUR ECONOMY, PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE ENGINEERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTIVELY HELP TO MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN THE VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR CIVIL, CIVILIZED, AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.

THE THEME OF ENGINEERS WEEK FOR 2021 IS INSPIRING WONDER AND ILLUSTRATES HOW ENGINEERS HELP AMERICA REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTE TO COUNTLESS BREAKTHROUGHS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR PEOPLE.

SO NOW, THEREFORE, OUR BRANDON CAPI MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH, 2021 NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK IN BAYTOWN, AND URGE ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ENGINEERS IN OUR DAILY LIVES, AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL THE, UM, ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HELP HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN SIGNED BRANDON CILLO, MAYOR OF BAYTOWN, AND ALSO BY OUR CITY CLERK.

SO, UM, I THINK RICK WILL CERTAINLY OWE YOU A LUNCH SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 21ST AND 27TH.

SO, ANYWAY, WITH THAT, THANK YOU EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.

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ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE ITEM THREE, THREE A CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH FIVE ENGINEERING LLC FOR THE BAROO AND CONNOLLY AREA, WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECT.

MS. BRINKLEY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, ANDREA BRINKLEY WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BRINGING TO YOU TODAY A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH, UH, FIVE ENGINEERING.

IT IS FOR OUR ANNEXATION UTILITIES AREA.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF CONTRACTS WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AT THIS TIME.

THERE'S THREE PARTS TO THIS, AND, UM, IT'S A RATHER LONG WRITE UP, SO I'M GONNA SHORTEN IT UP.

THE FIRST PART IS, UH, BASICALLY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A LIFT STATION DESIGN AND ADDING GRAVITY SANITARY INSTEAD.

SO THIS WILL REDUCE OUR LIFECYCLE COST FOR THE CITY.

THIS IS THE DELTA WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE LIFT STATION DESIGN EFFORT AND THE, JUST THE COMPONENT FOR THE GRAVITY DESIGN.

THE SECOND COMPONENT IS TO, UH, ADD WATER AND SEWER SERVICES IN AN AREA THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ANNEXED, BUT WE HAD NOT CAPTURED IN THE CONTRACT.

AND THEN THE THIRD PART OF THIS IS FOR, THIS IS THE LARGEST PART IS FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND APPRAISAL SERVICES.

SO THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT THAT WE NOW NEED TO DO ALONG WEST CEDAR BAYOU LYNCHBURG FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT STAFF IS NOT, UM, QUALIFIED IN.

THIS IS, UH, REAL ESTATE AND RIGHT OF WAY IS A SPECIALIZED SERVICE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERTISE ON STAFF.

SO THERE'S THREE COMPONENTS.

UM, THE LARGE, THE LARGEST COMPONENT IS 330,742.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT AMENDMENT IS 472,734 81 CENTS.

AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THANK YOU, MS. BRILEY.

SO, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ANY ANY MOTIONS, I DO WANNA SAY, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, BECAUSE YOU ARE A PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA, THAT YOU WILL ABSTAIN FROM, FROM DISCUSSION OR A VOTE ON ITEM THREE A.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE, A MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THREE, A SECOND, MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, I'M CARRIE'S.

UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON.

UH,

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SO LET ME, UH, WE DO HAVE A, A SPEAKER ON ZOOM, AT LEAST ONE.

YES, WE HAVE TWO, SIR.

WE HAVE TWO.

AND I BELIEVE, DO WE HAVE, UH, SOME SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP HERE IN PERSON TWO IN PERSON.

THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER THE 12TH, SITTING AT WORK.

THERE WAS TWO EMAILS AND TWO IN PERSON.

SO WHAT I WILL WANNA PREFACE THIS WITH, IF I MAY, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT DID SIGN UP, UM, I DO WANNA, UM, EXPRESS A FEW THINGS ON THIS ITEM.

'CAUSE I KNOW IT IS CERTAINLY OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

UH, SO WHEN THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I WANNA SAY IN, IN MID-DECEMBER, UM, BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, IN HARRIS COUNTY, UM, THEY DID EXPLAIN TO ME KIND OF, UH, THE CONTEXT OF, OF THIS LAKE AND THIS BODY OF WATER.

CERTAINLY IT'S DEROGATORY AND CERTAINLY, UH, UNACCEPTABLE.

UH, SO WITH THAT, THEY ALSO, UH, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY DID CONTACT, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, UH, TO EXPRESS THE SAME.

SO CONCURRENTLY, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS, UH, ON, ON HOW TO ONE, PRESENT A RESOLUTION IN, UM, REQUESTING, REQUESTING THE RENAMING OF THIS, UH, OR THE A NAME CHANGE OF THIS BODY OF WATER.

UM, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR RENAMING ALSO.

UM, SO FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IT WAS UNCLEAR WHO WAS THE ACTUAL AUTHORITY.

'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION FILED IN THE, IN, IN, EARLY, IN THE EARLY NINETIES, UH, THAT MADE IT, UH, BOTH, IT PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN AUSTIN.

AND, BUT AT ONE POINT IT JUST DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO, UH, AN APPLICATION WAS KIND OF JUST RECONSTITUTED, UH, WITH A NAME CHANGE.

UH, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS, UH, IN SUPPORT OF A NAME CHANGE.

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT IN SUPPORT, UH, FOR OR AGAINST ANY, ANY OTHER NAMES THAT ARE PRESENTED, UH, ALREADY WITH THE APPLICANT.

SO, WITH THAT, I I, I'M GONNA ASK COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO MAYBE EXPLAIN KIND OF A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE TIMELINE WAS AND WHAT TRANSPIRED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

AND THEN, UH, I'D LIKE COUNSEL, IF THEY HAVE ANY, UH, OPENING COMMENTS, IF, IF YOU CAN DO THAT.

AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR CITIZENS THAT SIGNED UP.

I'LL START FROM THE TWO CITIZENS THAT ARE ON, ON THE, ON THE ZOOM CALL.

WELL, CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.

IT STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN THEY, AN INTERN WITH NPR WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH, AND HE FOUND THAT THIS BILL HAD PASSED AND NO ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN ON IT.

WELL, IT WAS SOME ACTION, BUT NO CHANGES HAD BEEN MADE.

I READ THE ARTICLE

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I KNEW WE WERE HAVING A, A, UM, RETREAT.

AND I SAID, THAT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BEFORE EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS OUR MOVES FORWARD.

THAT MONDAY, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM DR.

MARONE OVER AT LEE COLLEGE, MR. DAVIS THAT NIGHT, AND COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE GOT IN TOUCH WITH MR. RODNEY ELLIS.

AND WE SAID, IT IS, WE, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

CONTACTED MR. ELLIS, BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO WROTE THE BILL AND PRESENTED IT BACK IN 1991.

1998, THE BILL CAME FORWARD.

THEY TRIED TO RENAME THE LAKE.

THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COMMUNITY INPUT ON IT, SO THEY JUST LEFT IT AS NEGRO HEAD LAKE.

WE STARTED MEETING IN DEC.

WE HAD A MEETING IN DECEMBER.

WE HAD TWO MORE IN JANUARY, AND WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO THE NAME AND PROPER NAME AND AUTHORITY IS TO GET THE NAME CHANGED.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS TDOT.

TDOT SAID IT WASN'T THEM.

APPARENTLY WORD WORKED ITS WAY AROUND TO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ON THE 27TH WITHOUT US EXPECTING ANYTHING TO HAPPEN.

WHEN WE HAD OUR ZOOM MEETING, THE PROPER NAME AND AUTHORITY HAPPENED TO BE ON, ON, IN, ON THE CALL WITH US.

THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD ALREADY GOT EVERYTHING IRONED OUT.

THAT MATTER OF FACT, TODAY, FEBRUARY THE 11TH, IT WENT BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE AND THEY APPROVED THE NAME CHANGE TO HENRY DOYLE LAKE.

THEY ACCEPTED THE APPLICATION THAT RODNEY ELLIS HAD PUT IN BACK WHEN HE SUBMITTED THE BILL.

NOTHING ELSE NEEDED TO BE DONE.

I DID ASK THE QUESTION WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE SAID THEY WANTED TO NAME IT SOMETHING ELSE.

THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE SEVEN MONTHS TO A YEAR FOR THAT NAME CHANGE TO GO THROUGH.

THEY EXPEDITED THIS PROCESS.

HATS OFF TO THAT PROPER NAME AND AUTHORITY.

HATS OFF TO SENATOR.

I MEAN, COMMISSIONER RODNEY ELLIS AND HIS STAFF, NAMELY A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF JANINE ETTE.

THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA IN, UM, PRECINCT TWO, OUR PR STAFF HERE.

'CAUSE THEY WORKED HARD THE LAST WEEK TO HELP BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU, THAT EVERYONE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS ON MONDAY.

THAT'S CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.

I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.

NOW.

ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SAY, I'M GONNA QUOTE MYSELF FROM WHAT I SAID ON MONDAY.

LIFE IS MADE OF MULTIPLE ANGLES.

EACH OF US MUST TELL WHAT WE SEE FROM WHERE WE STAND FROM WHERE I'M STANDING TODAY, I SEE POSITIVE CHANGE.

I SEE CHANGE THAT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE PAST WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD TO HEAR THE NAME NEGRO HEAD LAKE AND HAD A FENCE WITH IT.

I SEE POSITIVE CHANGE THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN THE FUTURE.

AND WHEN I SAY POSITIVE CHANGE, IT GOES BEYOND NAME.

WHEN I SAY POSITIVE CHANGE, I HOPE THAT THIS WILL BRING ABOUT OR START TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS.

THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND ACTIONS.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU, THE PERSON SITTING ACROSS THE ROOM FROM YOU, THE PERSON THAT YOU PASSED BY ON THE STREET, THE GOLDEN RULE DOING UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM TO DOING UNTO YOU.

IF THESE ARE SOME THINGS OR SOME WORDS YOU WOULD NOT USE WITH YOURSELF, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US NOT TO USE THOSE WORDS OR TERMS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

I'M HAPPY THAT THIS IS BROUGHT ABOUT TODAY.

I'VE RECEIVED COUNTLESS EMAIL MESSAGES, TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS WITH PEOPLE SAYING, THANK YOU BAYTOWN, FOR PLAYING A BIG PART IN THIS.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE TODAY, THERE ARE, I WANNA SAY 20 OTHER, 21, 21 OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE ON THE SAME LIST THAT NEGRO HEAD LAKE WAS ON.

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE TO BE CHANGED AFTER THAT ARTICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK.

NOT TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK, BUT TO SAY THAT WE TOOK THE FIRST STEP.

WE WERE PROGRESSIVE THINKERS IN DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUDER TODAY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

SO WE HAVE FROM, FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, USUALLY, USUALLY WITH ITEMS, CERTAINLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, I WOULD ALWAYS LIKE, I WOULD ALWAYS PREFER A WORK SESSION.

AND WE HAVE DISCUSSION LIKE OTHER ITEMS, UH, THAT, THAT WASN'T A LECTURE WE HAD WITH THIS.

A LOT OF STUFF UNFOLDED AS AS, AS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON EXPRESSED SINCE JANUARY 27TH MEETING.

SO THIS WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY,

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UH, MEETING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AS A COUNCIL.

UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY COMMENTS AND AND SO ON, UH, PLEASE, THIS IS YOUR TIME.

AND THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY HEAR FROM OUR ZOOM, UH, OUR ZOOM, UH, CITIZENS.

AND, AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK MR. DAVIS IS HERE.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND, AND SOME OTHER GUESTS.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, IN FULLY SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION, I HAVE HEARD ZERO OPPOSITION ABOUT THIS FROM ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, ANYONE ON CITY STAFF, OR ANY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE.

I THINK, UH, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF BAYTOWN IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS.

ALRIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I DON'T HAVE, OH, ARE THESE THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE ZOOM? OKAY.

MM-HMM.

SO I'LL START FIRST WITH, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START FIRST, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, THE, THE, THE WOMAN THAT DID SERVE WITH MS. JOHNSON, IS IT MS. JOHNSON? OKAY.

AND THEY WERE ASKED UP OFF THEIR KNEES WHILE PRAYING, AND THEY WALKED OUT IN PROTEST AND STARTED THIS GREAT DENOMINATION.

SO, UH, MS. JOHNSON, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM.

I'M ISRAEL TAYLOR JOHNSON.

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LATE ATTORNEY HENRY DOYLE, A WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY REGARDED INDIVIDUAL IN HOUSTON.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CONSIDERING A TRULY DESERVING PERSON TO HONOR.

I HAVE KNOWN HIM A VERY LONG TIME, MEETING HIM IN THE LATE FORTIES OR EARLY SIXTIES.

HIS OFFICE WAS ON WEST DALLAS AND FOURTH WARD AND THE PILGRIM BUILDING WHERE MANY PROFESSIONALS WORK.

HIS LATE PARTNER WAS ATTORNEY FRANCIS WILLIAMS AND THE SECRETARY EVELYN WASHINGTON.

WE WERE VERY CLOSE, SO I KNEW HIM QUITE WELL.

I REMEMBER HIM WHEN HE HAD REPRESENTED IT, ATTORNEY MW PLUMMER, WHO'S PROTESTING AT THE HARRIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

HE LATER MOVED TO THE MCDONALD BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ON LOUISIANA AND PRAIRIE, WHERE OTHER BLACK PROFESSIONALS WORK.

HE WAS VERY PROFESS PERSONABLE AND KIND.

HE IS DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU SO VERY KINDLY.

THANK YOU MS. JOHNSON, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO I TO, UH, MS. YOUNG.

HI THERE.

UM, MY NAME'S FELICIA YOUNG.

I'VE JUST, UH, LIVED IN BAYTOWN, UH, LIKE BAYTOWN AREA FOR MY WHOLE LIFE.

AND I, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE LAKE AND I WAS REALLY HORRIFIED TO FIND, FIND OUT ABOUT IT.

AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO GET ON HERE TODAY AND, UM, THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED, UH, WITH THIS INITIATIVE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

UM, AND FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA SO QUICKLY AND TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

UM, I WAS IMPRESSED AND, AND, AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

UM, I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, NOBODY WHO'S AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, WHICH BRINGS ME GREAT JOY TO HEAR.

UM, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT HAS THE POWER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THAT THEY, THEY VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL CONTROL AT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE RE RESOLUTION AND, UM, AND THAT WE RESPECT WHAT THE NAACP HAS ASKED FOR.

UM, AND NAMING IT AFTER HENRY DOYLE.

UH, I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT LAKE NAME.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

THANK YOU, MS. YOUNG.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM I WOULD LIKE, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WELL, I HAVE TWO AS KARE ROCKER AND MR. CARL DAVIS.

I, IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD I HAVE MR. CARL DAVIS GO, UH, FIRST.

SO WE'VE HAD, AT LEAST WHILE HE WA IF YOU COME UP HERE TO THE MICROPHONE, MR. DAVIS.

SO, UM, MR. DAVIS HAS REALLY BEEN MY POINT OF CONTACT WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND, AND OBVIOUSLY BOTH COMMISSIONERS.

AND SO WE'VE HAD A MULTITUDE OF, OF CONVERSATIONS.

I MET HIM LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE HANDING OUT FOOD AND, AND OTHER ITEMS TO SOME OF OUR CITIZENS HERE.

AND SO WE FIRST MET THEN, AND THEN WE ESTABLISHED SOMEWHAT OF A WORKING RELATIONSHIP, WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

AND THEN WHEN THIS ITEM CAME, UH, CERTAINLY WITH, UH, WITH HIS, UM, HIS INPUT OF, OF HOW THIS WOULD BE BEST HANDLED.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT DURING THIS, DURING THIS, UH, PAST FEW WEEKS AT LEAST.

YES, MA'AM.

DAVIS, THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M CARL DAVIS, A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF THE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THE A ME CHURCH IS THE OLDEST BLACK DENOMINATION FOUNDED IN AMERICA IN 1787 IN PHILADELPHIA BY FREED SLAVES.

THIS DENOMINATION WAS FOUNDED BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION.

THESE SLAVES WERE WORSHIPING AT ST.

GEORGE EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

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IT IS, UH, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HARRIS COUNTY AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE COMMISSION, WHOSE MISSION IS IDENTIFY RESEARCH, PROTECT, AND PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES IN HARRIS COUNTY.

IN ADDITION, WE FACILITATE PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICAN AMERICANS CULTURE AND HISTORY OF HARRIS COUNTY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING NEGRO HEAD LAKE IN AUTUMN JUDGE HENRY DOL.

IN THOSE TURBULENT, IN THESE TURBULENT TIMES IN AMERICA AND THE WORLD, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR NAMES LIKE NEGRO LEG HATE, LIKE, WHICH IS A DEMEANING WORD TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN OCTOBER, 1945 IN THE AUDITORIUM OF MY HOME CHURCH, WESLEY, A ME CHURCH, 2209 DARLING STREET, NOW EMANCIPATION AVENUE.

WHEN THE NAACP ORGANIZER, LOLA WHITE CALLED A MEETING TO STRATEGIZE FOR INTEGRATING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LAW SCHOOL, SHE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER, A POTENTIAL PLAINTIFF WHO HAS, WHO HAD NOT ONLY UNSALABLE LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION CREDENTIALS, BUT ALSO THE COURAGE, STAMINA, AND DEPENDABILITY TO ENDURE THE INEVITABLE SCRUTINY AND HARASSMENT OF A, A LAWSUIT WITH AT NIGHT.

THERE WAS SILENCE ALL OVER THE ROOM UNTIL A SOFT SPOKEN VOICE SAID, I'LL DO IT.

IT WAS THE VOICE OF HUMAN SWEAT WHOSE FAMILY WAS LONGTIME MEMBERS OF WESLEY M CHURCH.

TOOK THE FIRST SYMBOLIC STEP, TAUGHT ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL RIGHTS RULING IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THURGOOD MARSHALL, LATER, A MEMBER OF THE US SUPREME COURT CAME TO HOUSTON TO REPRESENT SWEAT AS HIS LAWYER, AND TOOK THAT CASE SWEAT VERSUS PAINTER ALL THE WAY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, MAKING THAT YOUNG MAN FROM THE THIRD WAR COMMUNITY IN HOUSTON, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN EVER ADMITTED BY COURT ORDER OF, OF AN ALL WHITE INSTITUTION RULING, WHICH CAME DOWN IN JUNE THE FIFTH, 1950.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN MARCH THE THIRD, 1947, SB ONE 40 ESTABLISHED A NEGRO LAW SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, WHICH NEW WITH THE NEW NAME OF A NEGROES, A NEW LAW SCHOOL FOR NEGROES OF TEXAS.

AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR NEGROES WAS BORN.

AND JUDGE JAW WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FOUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THIS NEW NEGRO LAW SCHOOL.

AND THE FIRST GRADUATE, IT WOULD BE SO HONORABLE TO NAME THIS LAKE IN HIS HONOR, SINCE HE WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE OF TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR NEGROES LAW SCHOOL.

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR NEGROES WAS LATER CHANGED TO TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ON JUNE THE FIRST, 1951, AFTER STUDENTS PETITIONED THE LEGISLATURE TO REMOVE THE PHRASE FOR NEGROES.

ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH, 2020, I CALLED DAVIS A MEMBER OF THE HARRIS COUNTY AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE COMMISSION PETITION, BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL TO REMOVE THE NAME NEGRO HEAD LAKE AND REPLACE IT WITH LAKE, UH, HENRY DOLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

Y'ALL FOR DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND, UH, MR. ROCKER, IF YOU CAN, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, UH, DIDN'T ASK THIS OF, OF MR. DAVIS, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MS. ROCKER, UH, EXPRESS, UH, YOUR, YOUR HOME ADDRESS, OKAY? UH, THE, THE ADDRESS THAT YOU LISTED AT LEAST, YES.

UH, I'M KAREEM ROCKER.

UH, I'M A, I'M NATIVE OF DICKERSON, TEXAS.

OKAY? UH, UH, I'M A MINISTER THERE.

I WAS SHOCKED TO WORD WITH LOVE MINISTRIES.

UH, I'M A STREET MINISTER.

I GO OUT ON HIGHWAY THREE AND DES AND I ACTUALLY PREACH TO THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

UH, I'M A BUSINESS OWNER.

I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 15 YEARS AROUND HERE.

I HAVE A ROOFING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, HARD ROCK ROOFING CONSTRUCTION.

UH, I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.

AND FIRST, I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND, UH, AND, AND ALSO GIVE Y'ALL PRAISE FOR, FOR DOING A, A, A GOOD JOB FOR WHAT Y'ALL DOING RIGHT NOW.

BUT, UH, WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, IT WAS, IT WAS DISTURBING.

IT WAS DISTURBING LIKE MOST PEOPLE.

UH, BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, I, I HAD A WHOLE SPEECH PREPARED TO, TO, TO, TO TRY TO PERSUADE Y'ALL.

BUT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY DOING A GOOD JOB.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TALK ABOUT Y'ALL, ABOUT, ABOUT MOSES, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE BEING A LEADER RIGHT NOW.

AND SOMETIME WHEN YOU'RE A LEADER, THERE'S A LOT OF MUMBLING GOING ON WHEN YOU'RE LEADING TO THE PROMISED LAND.

AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MUMBLES.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE OPPOSITION NOW, BUT YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO ROADBLOCKS.

I WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP THAT.

KEEP, KEEP, KEEP THE ENERGY Y'ALL HAVE RIGHT NOW.

KEEP THE SAME SPIRIT Y'ALL HAVE GOING RIGHT NOW.

'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE BEING LEADERS IN THIS THING RIGHT NOW.

WHEN WE NEED LEADERS, WE NEED PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S DIVIDED.

EVERYBODY'S DIVIDED, AND WE NEED SOMETHING TO BRING US BACK TOGETHER.

AND THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT NEED, AND THESE ARE THE TYPES THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FOR US TO COME BACK TOGETHER.

SO, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.

I WANNA COMMEND Y'ALL, PRAISE

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AND I WANT TO, I'LL BE PRAYING FOR Y'ALL.

I'LL BE PRAYING FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY FOR CHANGE.

IT SOUNDS EASY TO PUT IT ON PAPER, BUT CHANGE IS NOT JUST A NAME.

UH, YOU SAID IT'S A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE.

IT'S ALSO A CHANGE IN OUR HEART, AND OUR HEART HAS TO CHANGE.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN CHANGING OUR HEART.

SO I WANNA PRAISE Y'ALL AND THANK Y'ALL.

AND Y'ALL KEEP DOING THE GOOD WORK.

THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MR. ROCKER.

THANK YOU Y'ALL, AND SAFE TRAVELS HOME FOR, FOR EACH OF Y'ALL.

SO WITH THAT, UH, I THINK THAT THAT DOES CONCLUDE ALL OUR SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY MADE COMMENTS.

SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON FOR ITEM FOUR.

A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR.

A SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM FOUR A I'M GONNA ASK BY A SHOW OF HANDS FOR ITEM FOUR A, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IN SUPPORT.

AND IF YOU ARE AGAINST THIS, THEN RAISE YOUR HAND ALSO.

SO, ITEM, UH, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THIS IS A SEVEN ZERO VOTE.

MOVE ON.

UH, THANK YOU MR. DAVIS, MR. ROCKER AND, AND OTHER GUESTS.

UM, CERTAINLY, UH, THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS STILL TO TAKE PLACE, BUT, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE THE FIRST TO TAKE ACTION, BUT I WILL SAY WE, WE ARE AMONGST THE FIRST TO TAKE ACTION ON, ON SOMETHING THAT IS OFFENSIVE.

AND SO, UM, WHAT IF IT, IF IT'S HENRY, IF IT'S HENRY DOLE LAKE, WHEREVER THE CASE MAY BE, CERTAINLY WE COULD NOT PROCEED WITH AN UNACCEPTABLE NAME OF THIS BODY OF WATER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT SAFE TRAVELS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[5. DISCUSSIONS]

FIVE A, DISCUSS THE CITY OF BAYTOWN STREET CROSS SECTION AND STREETLIGHT POLICY UPDATE.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL, I'M IRWIN BURDEN.

I'M HERE TO, TO, UH, GO OVER THE, UH, UPDATES TO THE STREET, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY SECTIONS AND STREET SECTIONS.

AND THE, UH, STREETLIGHT, UH, THIS IS A ITEM WE STARTED WITH A BUNCH OF ORDINANCE CHANGES BACK IN OCTOBER, AND WE WORKED THROUGH, UH, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

AND THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

UM, THE, WE HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM COUNSEL THAT THEY HAVE INTEREST IN SEEING SOME UPDATES AND SOME CHANGES TO ADDRESS SOME, UH, UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING WITH, UH, UM, CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND CARS AND BICYCLES.

AND THESE SECTIONS WILL HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.

WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A BACKGROUND, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE STARTED WITH , AND THEN IT'LL GO INTO THE STREET SECTIONS, UH, THE, THE CURRENT ONES, THE PROPOSED ONES, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE COMPARISONS WITH OUR SISTER CITIES.

AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE ILLUMINATIONS FOR THE CURRENT PROPOSED AND PROVIDE YOU A SUMMARY.

THE, UH, CROSS SECTION, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A 50 FOOT FOR A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL, 60 FOR COLLECTOR AND ARTERIAL.

AND THEN WE, UH, HAVE PAVEMENT SECTIONS OF 28 FEET, 40 AND 61.

UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO FOUR SECTION, FOUR CROSS SECTIONS, UH, WHICH WILL HAVE LOCAL RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR, COLLECTOR, AND ARTERIAL, UH, WITH FIFTY TWO SIXTY TWO, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE TWENTY ACCORDINGLY.

AND, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PAVEMENT SECTIONS.

SOME HAVE MULTIPLE LANES, SOME CAN ADD A LANE, SOME HAVE MEDIANS.

AND THAT'S WHY THE TABLE HAS VARYING DIFFERENT, UH, WIDTHS.

SO IF YOU HAVE 32 AND 25 TO 39, YOU CAN ADD A TURN LANE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE SECTIONS, IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE, BUT THE TABLE MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT COMPLEX.

UH, A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET WOULD, WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS.

WE'D HAVE A THREE FOOT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE SIDEWALK.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS DOWN BOTH SIDES, A TWO FOOT BETWEEN THERE AND THE CURB.

AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TWO 16 FOOT LANES.

THE, THE, UH, EXHIBIT IS PROPORTIONALLY CORRECT.

SO THE CARS WOULD HAVE, WOULD BE ABOUT THAT SIZE.

UH, THIS HELPS US WITH ON, ON STREETE PARKING.

'CAUSE YOU HAVE WITHIN 12 INCHES OF CURB IS WHERE YOU PARK YOUR CAR.

THE CARS ARE BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT FEET WIDE, UM, ON MOST RESIDENTIAL CARS.

AND THAT LEAVES US ABOUT A 14 FEET MIDDLE PATH FOR CARS AND TRUCKS TO PASS.

UH, THIS IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND OUR TRASH TRUCKS, WHICH THEY ARE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET, EIGHT AND A HALF FEET WIDE.

AND THEN THEY HAVE THE MIRRORS, WHICH STICK OUT ALMOST ANOTHER 12 INCHES OR SO.

SO YOU HAVE ALMOST 11 FOOT OF PASSING WITH ONLY 18 INCHES ON EACH SIDE.

SO YOU'RE STILL PRETTY TIGHT.

UM, BUT IT WOULD WORK.

SO , THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GETTING AT.

WE WERE TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVE AS MUCH PATHWAY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, FOR THE LADDER TRUCKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE 24 FOOT AS

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NEED FOR THE FIRE LANES.

THOSE OUTRIGGERS STICK OUT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER, SO YOU COULD STILL ACCOMMODATE IT AND STILL HAVE A CAR BESIDE IT IF YOU HAD TO.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS SECTION WAS PICKED LIKE IT IS.

UM, THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR IS, UH, BASICALLY THE PART THAT FEEDS INTO NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE THE PARK.

THIS ISN'T THE ONE THAT, THIS ISN'T THE STREET THAT WOULD, UH, YOU WOULD PLAN ON DRIVEWAYS, PARKING, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN TO THIS IS THE ONE THAT LEADS INTO THE FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN YOU'D GO OFF TO THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

AND, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS ONE TO HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 39 FEET OF PAVEMENT THAT GIVES YOU, IN CASE SOMEONE'S PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN GO AROUND IT.

UH, YOU CAN PUT A MEDIAN IN THERE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT THERE WOULD BE NO ABILITY TO PARK IN THAT SITUATION.

SO, UH, WE HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT TRAIL, UH, THE THREE FOOT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE FOOT OF SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO THIS STARTS GETTING THE, UH, TRAILWAYS AND THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO RIDE BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.

SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT, UM, UH, CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MAIN LANES AND CARS.

WE CAN START GETTING THAT SEPARATED.

AND ON THE SIDEWALK, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN FIVE FEET TO HAVE A BICYCLE AND A PEDESTRIAN.

THAT'S WHY WE, WE HAVE THE TRAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SECTION.

UM, THIS WOULD GO TO 62 FEET, HAVE A 14 FOOT MEDIAN.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU COULD HAVE THE, THE, THE MEDIAN IN THERE AND THEN THE EIGHT FOOT TRAIL.

AND SO, UM, AND AGAIN, IT HAS A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE AND AN EIGHT FOOT TRAIL ON THE OTHER.

AND, UM, LET'S SEE HERE.

YOU CAN GET TO THE COLLECTOR.

OF COURSE, WE'RE GETTING LARGER SECTIONS HERE.

UM, YOU HAVE A FIVE FOOT 'CAUSE THESE ALSO HAVE MORE RIGHT OF WAY.

WE HAVE MORE, UH, UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT.

YOU HAVE A 10 FOOT TRAIL, SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT WIDER ROOM.

YOU GET MORE ROOM FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES.

FIVE FOOT BETWEEN THERE AND THE CURB AND THE, AND THE TRAIL.

UH, YOU'D HAVE A MEDIAN.

SO YOU COULD HAVE MIDDLE TURN LANES OR OPEN, UH, ACCESS BETWEEN, UH, FOR CROSS TRAFFIC.

AND THEN YOU HAVE 2 12, 2 12 FOOT LANES AND A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK.

AND, AND YOU GET SIX FOOT AND FIVE FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND ARTERIAL, UM, THIS ONE YOU CAN HAVE UP TO SIX LANES.

UM, YOU CAN HAVE A LARGER MEDIAN IF YOU HAVE ONLY FOUR LANES, YOU HAVE A 10 FOOT TRAIL AND A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK.

UM, AS YOU GET INTO THE NEXT SUBJECT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW, UM, THE LIGHTING IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE STARTING ON SOME OF THESE STREETS.

WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR LIGHTING AND THERE'S SOME OPTIONS FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MEDIAN IS, IS SHOWING.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AS WELL, .

SO, UM, AND SO AS YOU, YOU GET TO THE COMPARISON WITH OUR SISTER CITIES, AND WE PICK SEVERAL CITIES THAT WE FEEL ARE FAIRLY OR, AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN DIRECTION THAT ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN AND BUILD IN.

BAYTOWN IS LEAGUE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, PEARLAND, AND SUGAR LAND.

UH, WE'RE FAIRLY CLOSE ON THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND THE LOCAL STREET, UH, WE'RE SLIGHTLY WIDER ON THE SECTION, BUT, UM, SOME OF THOSE STREETS ARE JUST REALLY TIGHT FOR THE BIGGER FIRE TRUCKS AND THE TRASH TRUCKS.

AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T PARK WITHIN 12 INCHES OF THE CURB, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

AT LEAST I'VE SEEN IT A LOT.

BIG VARIATION IN IN THE COUNTY IS ARE THE RURAL STREETS.

SO IT, IT REALLY ENCROACHES LIKE RIGHT PARKS RIGHT THERE , IT REALLY ENCROACHES INTO THAT MIDDLE TURN AREA FOR THE, THE FIRETRUCK.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO A LITTLE BIT WIDER PAVEMENT SECTION.

AND THEN, UH, IT HAS THE SIDEWALKS, UH, MISSOURI CITY AND, UH, PEARLAND, THEY, THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT FAIRLY CONSISTENT ON THE, UM, UM, MINOR COLLECTOR, MINOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR.

UH, WE'RE GOING 62, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT THE, UH, PAVEMENT SECTION IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SAME RANGES.

AND THE RANGES, UH, VARY A LITTLE BIT BASED ON WHETHER YOU HAVE TURN LANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT PAVEMENT SECTION CHANGES FOR.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT AND, UH, TRAIL AND A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK WHEN YOU GET TO THE COLLECTOR.

UH, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE OR, UH, TO, UH, ON THE PAVEMENT SECTIONS THE RIGHT OF WAYS.

UH, WERE, WERE PRETTY EVEN WITH BAYTOWN, UH, I MEAN THEY, WITH, UM, UH, LAKE CITY AND, UH, SUGAR LAND, UM, THE COUNTIES BOTH, UM, CHAMBERS AND HARRIS RUN WITH A HUNDRED FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.

UH, SO WE'RE VERY CONSISTENT WITH OUR, UH, REGIONAL ARTERIALS AND THE THOROUGHFARE PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE REALLY CHOSE TO BE IN THE A HUNDRED FOOT RANGE IS TO TIE INTO THOSE OTHER ROADS.

AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM IN THE ARTERIALS.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO ONE 20, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE RANGE OF OUR SISTER CITIES.

THE, THE PAVEMENT SECTIONS ARE, ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, THAT DOES FALL WITH THE, THE TWO COUNTIES THAT THEY BOTH USE THE SAME SECTION FAIRLY CLOSE.

UH, THE

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AND THE SAME THING WITH SUGAR LAND.

THERE'S SOME OF THEIR STREETS ARE SMALLER 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A RURAL SECTION.

SO, UM, IT'S A TWO-LANE BLACKTOP, WHICH I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SOME OF THEIR PAVEMENT SECTIONS.

AND SOME OF THESE EXHIBITS WERE, WERE SMALLER ON THE STREETLIGHTS.

UM, OUR EXISTING ORDINANCES, UH, ARE VERY SUBJECTIVE.

UM, THE LOCATION AND NUMBER ARE LITERALLY JUST, UH, THEY'RE UH, THEY'RE JUST SELECTED BASED ON WHAT LOOKS GOOD.

UH, THEY DO USE, IF YOU CENTER POINT, THEY DO ALLOW THEM TO USE THEIR LIGHTING ENGINEERS.

THEY DO A BETTER JOB, BUT THERE'S NO CONSISTENT REQUIREMENT FOR ILLUMINATION.

AND, UH, AND WE DO HAVE SOME STREETS THAT JUST HAVE SOME DARK SPOTS AND NOT, AND NOT VERY WELL LIT.

AND SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE CONSISTENT.

WE HAVE ACTUAL STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.

SO WE HAVE A FAIRLY CONSISTENT ILLUMINATION.

AND, UH, IT ALSO CONTROLS THE BLEED OVER ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO HAVE ACTUAL CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T, UM, UH, BLEED OR HAVE NIGHT, UH, LIGHT POLLUTION ONTO OUR NEIGHBORS AND TO OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UM, GOES INTO ALL THAT.

IT HAS ALL THESE GUIDELINES.

IT HAS ALL THOSE CRITERIA.

IT, IT MATCHES, UM, SEVERAL STANDARDS THAT ARE NATIONAL STANDARDS.

UH, WE ARE USING THE GEO, UH, GEOMETRIC, UH, DESIGN HIGHWAY FOR HIGHWAYS AND STREETS, ROADSIDE DESIGN GUIDELINE, UH, AND ROADWAY LIGHTING DESIGN GUIDE.

AND, UM, WE'RE USING, UH, ILLUMINATION LEVELS TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW ZONING DISTRICTS AND ACTUAL PAVEMENT SECTIONS.

SO FOR SOME OF THE LARGER SECTIONS, WE HAVE BETTER LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS.

AND FOR THE SMALLER ONES IN THE LOW RESIDENTIAL STREETS, IT'LL BE A LOWER LEVEL.

THE ILLUMINATION, UH, PATTERNS WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS ON.

AND AS YOU CAN TELL, YOU CAN STAGGER THE LIGHTS FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

SO THE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT, IT GETS REAL DAMN ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER LIGHT POLE STAGGERED TO WHERE THE TWO MATCH AND THERE'S AN OVERLAP BETWEEN THEM.

AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A FAIRLY CONSISTENT LIGHT WITH THESE.

UM, AND THESE ARE ALL DESIGNED TO WHERE THE, THE GREEN PART, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT GOES WAY OVER ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY, IS ACTUALLY AT A VERY LOW LEVEL TO WHERE IT REALLY ISN'T, IT DOESN'T EXCEED OUR DESIGN CRITERIA FOR BLEED.

SO, UH, STREET SECTION, UH, WITH ARTERIALS YOU CAN PUT THEM ON SIDE THE SIDE, WHICH WE PREFER.

YOU CAN PUT THEM DOWN THE MIDDLE.

THE CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH THAT IS IF YOU EVER ADD AN INTERSECTION OR YOU EVER ADD A, UH, CROSSOVER, YOU'LL, YOU COULD DISPLACE THESE LIGHTS AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE TOO MUCH LIGHT IN ONE AREA.

'CAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT TWO POLES.

UM, AND IT CAUSES A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES WITH TRYING TO, UH, ADD THOSE INTERSECTIONS IN.

AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, YOU CAN PUT THE LIGHTS ON THE POLES.

BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU START REALLY PUSHING THE LIGHT, UH, PATTERNS OUT AND IT REALLY DISTURBS THE, UH, THE, THE LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE COMPLAINTS OF, IT'S REALLY BRIGHT RIGHT HERE, BUT IT'S DIMMED DOWN THE STREET WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY, THEY ALL MEET THE CRITERIA.

IT'S JUST, IT JUST, IT, IT REALLY MESSES UP THE STAGGERING OF THE POLE.

SO WE, UH, I'M SHOWING YOU THIS AS AN EXAMPLE AND IT DOES HAVE A BETTER LIGHT PATTERN FROM THE SIDE TO SIDE, BUT IF YOU EVER ADD ANYTHING WHEN, UH, ANOTHER INTERSECTION OR CROSSOVER, IT CAN REALLY DISTURB THE PATTERNS.

UM, THE SUMMARY IS THE CROSS SECTIONS.

WE'VE, UH, WE, WE WERE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN PAVEMENT SECTION, UH, FOR ALL ROADWAY CLASSIFICATIONS.

UM, WE'RE ADDING NEW ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR.

UH, WE HAVE TRAILS ADDED ALONG THE SECTIONS TO ADDRESS THE, UH, UH, CONFLICTS BETWEEN CARS AND, AND BICYCLES AND, AND AND SUCH.

AND THEN WE HAVE MEDIANS REQUIRED FOR COLLECTORS AND ABOVE, AND THAT HELPS WITH, WITH CONVEYANCE AND, AND CONTROLLING THE, THE, THE PATHWAY A LITTLE BIT AND GETTING A BETTER CONSISTENT FLOWING OF CARS.

UM, THE STREET LIGHTS, WE MOVED TO A PERFORMANCE BASED, UH, DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, WHICH THEN ALLOWS US TO GET A MORE CONSISTENT PRODUCT, UH, A BETTER PRODUCT.

AND, UH, AND YOU CONTROL THE PRODUCT , WHERE BEFORE IT WAS JUST WHATEVER WAS DESIGN CAME IN IS WHAT WE, WE WOULD ACCEPT.

AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE, UH, CONNECT ELIMINATION STANDARDS FOR ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, IN ROADWAY TYPES.

AND, UH, TO ADD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETIC AND THE, UH, DESIGN SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS NOW HAVE TO BE PROVIDED SO WE CAN REVIEW THEM AND THEN, UH, WE'LL REVIEW THE COMMENTS AND RETURN WITH UPDATE ON ORDINANCE LANGUAGES AS APPROPRIATE, UH, BY YOUR DIRECTION.

AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

I KNOW AND SO, AND, AND I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MYSELF, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, THE LOWER LIGHTS WILL BE THE ONES REACHING THE SIDEWALKS MM-HMM .

WE'LL OPEN UP TO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? YES MA'AM.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, UM, UM, YEAH, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE WITH THE, WHERE IT SHOWS THE LIGHTS GOING.

UM, AND SO I'M REMINDED OF A COMMENT THAT FORMER COUNCILMAN HOSKINS, UH, MENTIONED,

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CORRECT.

BUT AREN'T THOSE THE ONES THAT NEED BRIGHTER LIGHTS? I MEAN, HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE LIGHTING THE ACTUAL ROAD IF THE CARS ARE WITH HEADLIGHTS NOW? WELL, UM, I'VE, I'VE ADDRESSED THIS COMMENT MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS MM-HMM .

AND, UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS.

UM, I HAVE SOME PEOPLE CAME IN AND SAID, YOU PUT ALL THESE STREET LIGHTS IN AND NOW MY YARD'S SO BRIGHT I CAN'T SEE MM-HMM .

AND THEY DO HAVE BETTER ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTS TODAY, THEN YOU CAN CONTROL THAT A LOT BETTER.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE BLEED EVEN WITH THAT.

UM, THE STREETLIGHTS ORIGINALLY WERE TO MAKE THE ROADS MORE VISIBLE, RIGHT.

AND TO MAKE THEM SAFER IN THAT ASPECT.

NOW WE'VE ADDED TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.

UM, AND YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT WITH THE SIDE TO SIDE A LITTLE BETTER.

IF YOU HAVE A LIGHT ON THE EACH SIDE RATHER THAN DOWN THE MEDIAN, YOU GET MORE EVEN LIGHTING ON THE EDGE GOING OUT, OUT INTO THE STREET.

AND UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I PREFER THAT SECTION IS IT ADDRESSES YOUR COMMENT.

BUT, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE THEM IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, A LOWER LEVEL ON THE EDGES JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW THE LIGHT DISPERSES.

AND SO, UH, THAT'S PART OF THE PREFERENCE.

AND IT'S VALID COMMENT.

IT IS PART OF THE GUIDANCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM.

UM, IS THIS FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION? I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THE NEW STANDARD.

YOU WILL GO PROACTIVELY CHANGE ROADS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE CHANGED, BUT AS THEY COME UP FOR RECONSTRUCTION, YOU NOW HAVE A NEW STANDARD TO GO BY.

YES, MA'AM.

THE, THE PLAN IS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION WHERE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY OR WE CANNOT ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WITH THIS, YOU FORESEE EVENTUALLY LONG RANGE ALL STREETS AND BAYTOWN HAVING THIS, THIS TRAIL SYSTEM, THIS BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN WITH TRAIL SYSTEM? UM, THEY, THE TRAILS, FIRST OF ALL, WE TRY TO FOLLOW THE, THE PLAYBOOK.

SO WE TRY TO FOLLOW THE TRAILS ALONG THOSE.

UM, THE OTHER TRAILS WILL BE WHERE, UH, THEY'RE APPROPRIATE.

SO THERE ARE SOME PLACES, SO MAYBE SOME WHERE IT'S NOT IN SOME PLACES ARE NOT.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IT, IT'S AS FAR AS COUNCIL WANTS IT AND IT'S AS FAR AS WE THINK WE CAN FIT IT.

I GUESS THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY.

THERE'S DEEP DITCHES.

WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE FOR PEDESTRIANS? THEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AREAS WHERE YOU COULD CONNECT TRAILS WITH BIKE LANES MM-HMM .

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS STILL SOME ROOM TO BE CREATIVE IN THOSE AREAS.

AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS THE STANDARD AND IF IT DOESN'T FIT THIS MOLD, THERE'S NO OTHER, THERE'S NO OTHER OPTIONS TO CONSIDER.

NO, MA'AM.

WE, WE WANT LOTS OF CREATIVITY.

AND THE, THE BIGGEST THING IN HERE IS REALLY THAT RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH.

SO PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE MOVING FORWARD.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF OUR ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS ARE ALREADY BUILT.

AN AREA WHERE ONE ISN'T BUILT IS HUNT ROAD GOING EAST.

WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY BE LIKE THE CROSSING OVER CEDAR BAYOU.

SO THE SECTION THAT'S JUST EAST OF NORTH MAIN, IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SECTION CURRENTLY WHEN IF A DEVELOPER CAME IN TOMORROW, THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY TO US.

WELL, IF THIS GOES INTO PLACE NOW, THAT RIGHT OF WAY WOULD EXTEND OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WHICH GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO WHENEVER WE DO BUILD THAT STREET.

I, I, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ESPECIALLY.

I'M JUST, I WAS JUST WANTING TO GET MORE CLEAR ON OUR ROADS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING AND WHEN WE GO IN AND DO RECONSTRUCTION, WE NOW HAVE THIS STANDARD THAT WE'LL ADHERE TO IF IT FITS THAT SPECIFIC AREA.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

YEP.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NORTH LANE.

YES.

HAVE WE EVER CONSIDERED BIKE LANES AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE WIDE SIDEWALK? I MEAN A BIKE LANE ON EACH SIDE IN THE ROAD? UM, I'M SURE WE HAVE, UM, BIKE LANES.

I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH, UH, EVERYWHERE I'VE SEEN THEM.

THEY, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MIXING BETWEEN CARS AND, AND BIKES.

UM, I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY GOT RUN OVER.

SO, UH, I'M VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THOSE .

I'M NOT SAYING I WOULD EXCLUDE 'EM.

THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT MAKE SENSE.

UH, I PREFER TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED FROM THE CARS AS BEST YOU CAN.

UH, DRIVERS ARE VERY CARELESS TODAY.

I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

UH, FOR A GENERAL, GENERAL, I DRIVE IN EVERY MORNING AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S AN INTERESTING TRIP IN SOME MORNINGS AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE OCCUPIED WITH OTHER THINGS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

AND, UH, BIKES BIKES ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO THAT.

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I'M NOT SAYING WE WOULDN'T VISIT IT AND IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE HAVE, WE WILL DEFINITELY CONSIDER IT.

I PREFER TO KEEP 'EM PRETTY MUCH SEPARATE IF WE COULD.

YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BUILD IT INTO A NEW STREET JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT QUITE AS SAFE MM-HMM .

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME REDEVELOPMENT AREAS IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO ESPECIALLY, THERE'S SOME AREAS WHERE POTENTIALLY WE COULD GO IN AND RECONFIGURE THE STREET.

THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY TO ADD THE KIND OF THE SAFE BIKE ROUTE THAT WE'VE GOT LISTED IN HERE AND THERE.

A BIKE LANE WOULD, WOULD BE ABOUT THE ONLY OPTION AT THAT POINT.

SO, AND SOME OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS WOULD BE REALLY THE AREA YOU'D SEE POTENTIALLY A BIKE LANE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PROTECTED BIKE LANES AS WELL MM-HMM.

WITH THE BUTTONS AND SOME PROTECTION.

WELL, WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION.

I'M A PROPONENT OF BIKE LANES.

WHERE APPROPRIATE.

OBVIOUSLY NOT GARTH ROAD, BUT I COULD SEE IT MAYBE ON TEXAS AVENUE, AREAS LIKE THAT.

AND LIKE COUNCILMAN PRESLEY SAID THERE ARE PROTECTED BIKE LANES IN HOUSTON AND THEY HAVE UH, LITTLE BARRIERS OR MM-HMM .

WE CALLED 'EM BUTTONS AND AT LEAST IT GIVES THE CAR SOME NOTICE THAT IT'S RUN OUT OF ITS LANE AND I'M BETTER WITH THOSE .

ESPECIALLY WHERE WE CAN TIE 'EM INTO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.

I THINK THE IDEA IS A PROTECTED BIKE LANE.

THEY EVEN HAD THEIR OWN LIGHT SIGNALS, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

TELLING THE BIKE LANE WHETHER IT COULD GO OR STOP BASED ON THE CAR TRAFFIC.

SO I THINK THERE'S PLACES WHERE WE COULD USE IT AND IT COULD STILL BE SAFE.

QUESTION THERE.

YES.

SO HAVE, SO YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THE INCREASED PAVEMENT WIDTHS AND, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS ARE A PARTNER IN THE GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO HAVE WE SOLICITED ANY, ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY? I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND GOOD RAPPORT WITH A NUMBER OF LARGE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPERS.

HA HAVE WE SOLICITED ANY FEEDBACK OR DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY, UH, RELUCTANCE OR PUSHBACK? WE'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT, BUT WE WOULDN'T NEED TO SOLICIT IT? WE, WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM, BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNSEL FOR YEARS NOW YEAH.

THAT WE HAVE THE ISSUE WITH STREET PARKING.

YOU RIGHT.

WE BRING IT UP IN EVERY CONVERSATION AND IT TURNS INTO A BACK AND FORTH NEGOTIATION AND IT, SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR STAFF.

THEY, THEY WANNA LEAVE IT AT THE 50.

I MEAN, YOU SAW WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE.

THEY WANNA LEAVE IT AS IS.

SO, UM, YEAH.

THEY, THEY WILL NOT LIKE IT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

ONCE YOU GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT'S NOT THE LONG WINDING STREETS.

I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE REACHED OUT TO THEM OR, OR YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE WANTED TO HEAR THEIR SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE FACT BEFORE IT PASSES INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FACT AND, AND READDRESSING IT AFTER WE PASS IT.

BUT OKAY.

IT'S A, IT'S A VERY FAIR COMMENT.

OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANNA DIS DISCOURAGE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPERS.

UM, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN THERE, I THINK I'VE SEEN AN AVERAGE OF 28 FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY'RE AT 29.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT 30 TO 32, WHAT IS THE NET GAIN FOR, FOR US? I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WIDER STREETS, BUT THE IDEA WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SAFER STREET, UH, AND TRY TO TRY TO ALLOW FOR SAFE TRAVEL IF CARS ARE PARKED ON THE, UH, ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

UH, BUT IT ALSO IN, IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT, I'M WILLING, I MEAN I'LL THROW IT OUT THERE.

I'M WILLING TO PROBABLY, I DON'T WANT TO GO LESS THAN 30 PERSONALLY, JUST 30.

IT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY SWEET SPOT.

BUT, UH, WE SAW ONE DEVELOPER WHO IS WILLING TO MITIGATE THE, THE 30, LET'S SAY WE CAN PUT 32 OR THEY CAN DO 30 IF THEY'RE GONNA OFFER A THREE CAR, UM, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, A DRIVEWAY.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO MITIGATE THAT, THEN I, I THINK I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, BE OPEN TO THAT.

SO IT WOULD BE EITHER OR A TRADE OFF.

A TRADE OFF.

DOES THAT FAIR? YEAH, THAT MAKE SENSE.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

YES SIR.

THE PAST DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE COME IN HERE RECENTLY, WHAT HAVE WE TOLD THEM AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON STREET WIDTH? WE JUST HAD A COUPLE COME IN WANTING TO DO PS WHAT DID WE TELL THEM WE WANTED TO SEE ON STREET WIDTH? WAS IT THE 32? UH, I DON'T RECALL IF WE'VE GIVEN 'EM AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT UHHUH, I BELIEVE 32 IS WHAT WE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT.

AND THEY WAS, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT, THEY STILL, THEY'RE STILL HERE.

I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO BE HERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE.

IF WE SET THE STANDARD AND LEAVE IT AS THAT, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO GO BACK TO NEGOTIATING WITH THEM INSTEAD OF JUST SETTING THE STANDARD? THIS IS WHAT IT IS, YOU COME IN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A TOUGH POSITION FOR, FOR STAFF TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT.

I MEAN IT'S REALLY SO THAT WHAT I'M, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO NEGOTIATE, JUST GO AHEAD AND SET IT AND LEAVE IT.

NOW WHAT WE DID APPRECIATE, SO THE LAST ONE YOU SAW WAS, UH, FOUR STAR AND MUD 5 5 5 MM-HMM .

UM, ONE THING THAT THEY DID WAS THEY HAD A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE STAFF AT LEAST REALLY LIKES TO SEE BECAUSE IT AT LEAST HAS A CORRIDOR THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS NO HOUSES ON IT THAT DOES HAVE KIND OF THE NICE SIDEWALKS ALONG IT AND THEN ALLOWS

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SO IT DOES MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

SO, UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF, FIRST OF ALL THIS, THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY SET THAT STANDARD OF WHEN THAT RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR WILL BE REQUIRED.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER MAYBE IT'S AN OFFSET, IF YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR, YOUR LOCALS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER.

NARROWER.

WE'VE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF OPTIONS.

'CAUSE THERE IS A BALANCE.

UM, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED STAFF AT LEAST NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS.

IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO NEGOTIATE.

AND AND TO THAT POINT, MY POINT COUNCILMAN WASN'T REALLY TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING.

NOW IT'S TO JUST MAKE SURE WE ARRIVE AT, AT THE, UH, OPTIMAL AND THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THINGS AFTER THE FACT.

NOTHING.

AND THAT'S MY POINT TOO.

I'M GONNA JUST BE QUITE HONEST, UH, I TALKED A LOT TO A LOT OF DEVELOPERS AND SOME RECENTLY, SOME RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF STAFF AND I HEAR AN ARRAY OF PUSHBACK AND, AND, AND COMMENTS.

AND SO EVEN AT 32, I DON'T LIKE BEING A LONE RANGER.

I TELL, I I TELL THE CITY MANAGER THAT ALL THE TIME AND NOT ONLY HE LIKES BEING A LONE RANGER, UH, WE DO, WE DO WANNA RAISE AND AND ELEVATE OUR REQUIREMENTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT I DON'T WANNA DISCOURAGE FOR TWO FEET OF, OF A, OF A, OF A A ROADWAY.

I DON'T WANNA DISCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT CAN MITIGATE THAT.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING IT IS A NEGOTIATION.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT IS, IT'S A WAY TO SAY 30 FEET IS STILL MY, UM, WOULD BE MY SWEET SPOT FOR ME.

UM, IT 32 CAN BE THAT 32 CAN BE THE STANDARD OR 30 IF YOU'RE GONNA MITIGATE IT THROUGH ANOTHER, ANOTHER WAY IF IT'S THE ARTERIAL OR WHATEVER.

SO THERE ISN'T A NEGOTIATION CAR, GARAGE DRIVEWAY, THERE'S A MATRIX OF THIS OR THIS OR THIS.

AND SO THERE ISN'T A NEGOTIATION REALLY.

IT IS, IT IS A, IT IS A SET STANDARD.

AND SO, UM, WHEN WE GO AND, AND LOOK, WHEN I LOOKED AT, UH, REALLY I WOULD SAY MARKETS, UH, FOR, FOR HOUSING, IF IT'S LEAGUE CITY, PARA LAND, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THOSE ARE THE MARKETS THAT WE COMPETE WITH.

UM, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AS CLOSE TO MARKET AS POSSIBLE.

UH, AND WE STILL WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE MARKET.

AND THAT THAT'S OKAY.

THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS KIND OF, WE SET THAT LINE IN THE SAND ON SOME, ON SOME BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE THE LONG RANGER EITHER.

I DO WANT TO SHOW THAT WE DO, UM, WE STILL WANNA BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.

WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THAT FROM VARIOUS ASPECTS FROM FROM DESIGN REVIEW OF PLANS TO FINAL CO OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

AND I DON'T, I DON'T, I JUST DON'T WANT TO PRESENT AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE FOR SOME DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY COME AND BRING IN QUALITY DEVELOPMENT INTO OUR CITY.

YES SIR.

SO REALLY WE CAN LEAD THE HERD WITHOUT BREAKING FROM THE HERD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

THAT'S AND THAT'S FINE.

AND, AND I JUST, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA BE THE LONE RANGER ON ON SOME THINGS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO, WHEN WE OVERREACH, UH, AND HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE, THE HOUSTON MARKET.

AND I AGREE WITH THAT.

IF WE'RE GONNA KIND OF PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON THE STANDARD, I I DO LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE.

WELL, AND IT'S, IT'S AN EITHER OR.

SO IT'S NOT THERE, THERE IS, I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANNA BE PUT IN THE DISCRETIONARY AND I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU IN DISCRETIONARY SOMETIMES.

UH, I LIKE IT TO BE SET AND IT'S, IT, IT'S AN EITHER OR THIS OR THIS OR THIS.

YES.

SO ANYWAY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THE ONLY, THE ONLY COMMENT I HAD, UM, AT LEAST ON, I THINK IT'S HIGHWAY 35 IN PARA LAND, UH, I THINK IT WAS ON THE TPC AT THE TIME WHEN THAT WAS GETTING DEVELOPED.

AND SO WHAT I DO, LIKE, I I REALLY DON'T ON THE, ON THE, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THE, THE, THE CURVE AND YOU HAVE TWO FEET OF, OF VEGETATION AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FIVE FEET OR EIGHT FEET, I DON'T LIKE THAT TWO FEET, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.

ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.

I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE, UH, EITHER STAMPED CONCRETE, SO LOOK LIKE BRICK OR ACTUAL BRICK.

I THINK IT'S EASIER MAINTENANCE LONG TERM.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF MY, MY TAKE AS FAR AS SOME AESTHETICS, UH, WITH THE ROADWAY.

BUT, UH, I KNOW IF YOU GO TO, TO, UH, HIGHWAY 35 IN PER LAND THAT THEY HAVE THAT THERE AND IT'S JUST, IT LOOKS CLEANER AND IT'S A LOT LESS FOR OUR CREWS TO MAINTAIN.

UNLESS THEY'RE GONNA EDGE IT AND LOOK AT MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YARD OF THE MONTH, THEN I WOULD FOREGO THAT.

THAT'S NOT GONNA, THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

SO NOW YOU UNDERSTAND MY COMMENT THAT YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OTHER THING, MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE MENTIONED THIS, BUT THE, ON THE, THE STREETLIGHTS, THE NEW STANDARD WOULD BE THE BLACK POWDER COATED PULSES.

OH GOOD.

IS THAT OKAY? MM-HMM .

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY.

I'M SAYING OKAY THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A STANDARD MOVING FORWARD.

I KNOW IT'S AN UNWRITTEN STANDARD ON OUR OWN PROJECTS, I KNOW, BUT IF, IF A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CAME IN, THEY WOULD NOT BE CURRENTLY REQUIRED TO PUT IN.

YEAH, I THINK WE'VE BEEN REALLY CLEAR AND WE'LL DO, I'LL JUST PUT THAT UNDER, INTO THE DAVIS DOCTRINE.

ALRIGHT.

ON TO, UH, TO REPORT, RECEIVE THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2020.

BUT YES, I MEAN, I WILL SAY I, THAT IS JUST ONE THING.

UH, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE, WE ARE CERTAINLY TRYING TO GO AND, AND, UM, MAKES A LOT OF, I DON'T LIKE SEEING EXPOSED, GALVANIZED ANYTHING.

WE'RE TRYING TO TURN THE CORNER.

BUT ANY NEW INSTALLATIONS I WOULD, I HOPE, ESPECIALLY NEW DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THE, UH, THE BLACK POWER CODED IS THE WAY TO GO.

DO YOU AGREE? YES SIR.

YOU AGREE? Y'ALL AGREE? OKAY, GOOD.

I I'M

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GLAD Y'ALL DO .

UM, ALRIGHT.

IT'S AN INCREASED COST TO THE DEVELOPER.

IT'S OKAY.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

I WAS VERY CLEAR TO ALL OF THEM.

THEM, YEAH, IT'S FAIR.

AND IT'S THAT BUT POINT, THE INCREASED STREET WIDTHS ARE, ARE A BIGGER INCREASE COST TO THE DEVELOPER AS WELL.

YEAH, IT'S OKAY.

THE REASON WHY IS THEY JUST WANNA KNOW MOST OF THE TIME.

THEY JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT ARE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BEGINNING.

NOT IN THE MIDDLE, NOT IN THE END.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL LET 'EM KNOW, BUT LET'S BE FAIR AND LET'S NOT DEAL ON RANGER.

WE AGREE.

ALRIGHT, PERFECT.

I THINK WE'LL GET GOOD QUALITY DEVELOPERS IN THE FUTURE.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT IS, I THINK THAT'S IT TO DISCUSS ON THIS ITEM.

SO THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S INPUT.

UH, WE'LL MOVE

[6. REPORTS]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RAM.

MAYOR, COULD I ASK THE CITY CLERK IF SHE COULD HELP ME WITH HER PRESENTATION? I GOT YOU GOT IT, BRIAN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR BEFORE YOU DON'T HAVE IT, SO HOPEFULLY BRIAN CAN SORT US OUT.

BAY? SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT VICTOR'S TALKING ABOUT.

UH, ACTUALLY, BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE MEAT OF THE, UH, REPORT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MENTION OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN TO HELP YOU WITH, UH, MON.

THANK YOU, BRIAN, WITH MONITORING, UH, THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CITY, UH, I MET WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.

UH, WE HAD, UH, AN EXTREMELY HELPFUL DISCUSSION, UH, ON, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP, UH, ONE BEING REPORTING ITSELF.

UH, IT FAILS TO US THAT SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT OPAQUE AND DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE WITH, UH, SO PLEASE EXPECT TO SEE A CHANGE TO THAT GOING FORWARD.

UH, ALSO INTERNALLY WE HAVE ADOPTED A SLIGHTLY MORE RIGOROUS APPROACH, UH, TO BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING.

UH, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UH, PROVIDED TO COUNCIL DEPARTMENTS.

UH, AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM CITYWIDE.

UH, AND MY THANKS GO TO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE UNIT GALLERY FOR TAKING A LEAD ON THAT.

UH, WE HAVE AS I, AN EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE PROGRAM, AND IT'S CALLED FINANCE 1 0 1, AND THAT IF I COULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO BE PART OF THAT WITHOUT PUTTING YOU IN THE SPOT.

SURE, GO AHEAD.

IS IT? THANK YOU.

WAIT, WHAT? OKAY, TURN.

TURNING THEN TO THE REPORT CARD FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.

IF I WERE GOING TO GRADE YOU, I WOULD SAY YOU ARE STILL A, A STUDENT WITH A 4.0 GPA AND ON THE HONORS LIST, BUT DON'T REST ON YOUR LAURELS.

SALES TAX REMAINS REMARKABLY ROBUST.

UH, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE.

UH, I CONTINUE TO BE SURPRISED BY HOW HEALTHY, UH, THAT LOOKS.

WE'RE ABOUT ALMOST 5% UP ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

UH, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME NECESSARILY THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE, BUT FOR NOW, THAT IS GOOD NEWS AND IT HAS HELPED US, UH, TO HAVE REVENUES IN EXCESS SLIGHTLY OF THOSE ANTICIPATED AT THIS STAGE IN THE YEAR.

JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COMPARISON ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

UH, IF I COULD MENTION ON THE REPORT THAT, THAT YOU'LL HAVE HAD, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, ON PROPERTY TAX, WE ARE STANDING ABOUT 36% OF COLLECTIONS.

THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT AT THAT QUARTER WAY MARK IN JANUARY.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY MORE SO.

YOUR NEXT REPORT WILL SHOW, UH, REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT ON THE IDA AS WE ARE ABOUT WHERE WE EXPECTED.

UH, HOWEVER, I WOULD MENTION THAT IN THE FIRST QUARTER WE HAD YET TO RECEIVE THE REVENUES FROM THE EDA.

UH, THOSE DID COME IN A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS REPORT WAS RUN.

SO ON THAT, WE ARE LOOKING EXTREMELY HEALTHY.

ALSO, IF I COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AQUATICS BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WE WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE MUCH IN THE WAY OF REVENUE.

UH, WE DID MAKE ABOUT 20 GRAND FROM THE, UH, ICE RINK.

UH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A WORD OF WARNING.

UH, WE DID PREDICATE THE EXISTING BUDGET FOR PIRATES BAY ON, UH, A SUCCESSFUL, AND DARE I SAY IT, NORMAL SEASON.

UH, THAT MAY BE AMBITIOUS TO ASSUME THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.

SO I JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PARKS AND REC STAFF ARE WORKING ON, UH, THE PLANS AND WE MAY NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU, UH, ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE YEAR.

SO JUST KEEP IT ON YOUR RADAR.

UH, LEMME ASK ONE QUESTION ON THAT.

YES, MAINLY TO STAFF.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THROUGH ANY TYPE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE GOVERNOR, UH, THAT WOULD PRECLUDE FULL OPERATION OF OUR, OF PIRATES

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WE ANTICIPATED FOR 21 FOR THIS ENTIRE YEAR TO BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY.

WHERE WE NORMAL ARE, WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT 75% WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS.

SO IF BY THE TIME WE OPEN IN MAY, HE ALLOWED US TO BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THEN WE COULD PROCEED WITH THE WAY WE BUILT THE BUDGET.

AND ALL HE'S SAYING IS RIGHT NOW, WE MAY NOT BE STARTING THE YEAR ALLOWED TO BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.

YEAH, I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE ENDED SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A, WE, WE OPENED FOR TWO WEEKS PRETTY MUCH.

SO THAT'S WHY I DOESN'T KNOW WHERE WE ENDED WITH, WITH THE YES SIR.

UH, ON THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND, UH, AN AN INCREDIBLY, UH, ROBUST PERFORMANCE, UH, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE, UH, SIGNIFICANT WORK GOING ON, UH, BOTH BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LOCAL INDUSTRIES THAT ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP.

SO, UH, A LOT OF WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS COMING AND STAYING IN LOCAL, LOCAL HOTELS, HENCE REVENUES ARE EXTREMELY HEALTHY IN THAT FUND.

SAME STORY ON THE WATER AND SEWER AND SANITATION.

THE UTILITY FUNDS, UH, AGAIN ON THE REVENUE SIDE REMAIN ROBUST.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE IN A MOMENT.

LET'S DO THAT NOW.

ON THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER, UH, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A STRAIGHT LINE APPROACH TO THE BUDGET, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A STRAIGHT LINE.

UH, NEVERTHELESS, UH, AT 22%, UH, WE ARE TURNING IN, UH, SOME SURPLUSES CURRENTLY.

UH, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL, UH, STAND US IN GOOD STATUS GOING TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WITH HIGHER FUND BALANCES.

UH, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AQUATICS AND ON THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY CAUTIOUS AND SOME PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF DREADED COVID-19 WATER AND SEW.

WE ARE MORE THAN COVERING OUR EXPENSES CURRENTLY, BUT THE MARGINS REMAIN TIGHT.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID FREEZE WATER AND SEWER RATES AGAIN THIS YEAR AS YOU HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS FOR US TO ASSUME THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOING THAT YEAR OVER YEAR.

UH, BUT FOR NOW, UH, THE FUND REMAINS, UH, IN A HEALTHY POSITION AND THE SANITATION FUND HATS OFF TO THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY PULLED THAT OUT OF THE HAT BECAUSE A FEW YEARS AGO, IF THAT HAD BEEN A PRIVATE COMPANY, WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY, .

UH, SO WELL DONE, UH, REVENUES AHEAD OF EXPENDITURE, BUT AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON GOING FORWARD AS THE, UH, THE WORLD OF, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT IS NOT GETTING ANY EASIER.

ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

I CAN'T BUY STOCK IN, UH, GAMESTOP AND I CAN'T DABBLE IN THIS, I CAN'T DABBLE IN CRYPTOCURRENCY, , BUT, UH, WE ARE RIGHT ABOUT WHERE THE MARKET IS GIVEN CURRENT INDUSTRY RATES.

WHY CAN'T, YOU CAN TELL MR. RAM.

MAYOR, THAT'S AS MUCH AS I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL HAPPILY TAKE YOU.

NO, I DO.

I DO APPRECIATE THE REPORT.

IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I GUESS ON THE, UM, ANYTHING WITH THE FINANCE THAT I THINK Y'ALL HAD Y'ALL VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING LAST WEEK? WE DID.

OR WHEN WAS THE LAST WEEK? MM-HMM.

SO VERY GOOD TO HEAR.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM SE OR OUR CONSENT, WHICH IS ITEMS A THROUGH I.

[7. CONSENT All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.]

UM, I WILL SAY THIS AS A, UH, A POINT OF RECORD.

UH, MR. PRESLEY WILL BE OBVIOUSLY ABSTAINING, UH, FROM OUR, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY OBVIOUSLY HE WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM SINCE IT DOES PERTAIN TO A DEVELOPMENT.

HE HAS STEPPED OUT, BUT HE DID FILE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS WITH OUR OFFICER.

YES, HE HAS FILED THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK AND HE HAS, UH, OBVIOUSLY STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM FOR, FOR THIS AS WE DELIBERATE ON IT.

UH, BUT IT IS CONSENTS ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH I, AS I SAID.

IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNSEL WISHES TO PULL OUT SEPARATELY BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH AYE.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN A THROUGH I SECOND.

MOTION SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PRESENTED.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE WAS OPPOSED.

ITEM EIGHT A

[a. Consider six (6) appointments to the Community Development Advisory Committee.]

CONSIDER SIX APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

OF COURSE YOU CAN, YOU, YOU HAVE SIX AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS.

HOWEVER, COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISTRICT, UH, FIVE AND SIX HAVE REQUESTED MORE, UH, OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW A CERTAIN APPLICANT'S.

UH, SO WITH CERTAINTY TONIGHT, WE CAN BRING YOU THE APPOINTMENT OF, UM, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JOHNSON, UH, IN DISTRICT THREE OF MR PRECINCT.

AND WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF MR. LUIS MUNOZ AND NORMAN BARNETT WHO ARE AT

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LARGE POSITIONS.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN THE WRITEUP WE SHOWED THAT THERE ARE SOME APPLICANTS FOR FIVE AND SIX AND THERE IS A VACANT POSITION THAT IS AT LARGE.

UH, WE HAVE APPLICANTS IN THE FORM OF MS. RHONDA LOPEZ, WHO IS A RESIDENT OF D SIX, WHO CURRENTLY SERVES ON OUR CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE MR. DON RYLES, THE RESIDENT OF D FIVE, WHO IS CURRENTLY NOT SERVING ON ANY OF THE BOARDS WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. PREACHING, UH, MR. MUNOZ AND MR. BARNETT.

IT LEAVES SOME OPTIONS ON THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS.

OPTION ONE IS, UH, WE NEED ONE HISPANIC, ONE WHITE NON-HISPANIC, AND ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN, OR ONE HISPANIC AND TWO WHITE NON-HISPANIC.

AND, UH, CHRIS CHAVIS, WHO IS THE STAR CDBG, UH, MANAGER, UH, TRIED HIS BEST TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS TO ME.

UM, UH, SO LIKE I SAID, WE, WE WROTE IT UP, BUT THE ONLY THREE THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD TO YOU WITH CERTAINTY ARE THE DISTRICT THREE AND THE TWO AT LARGE REAPPOINTMENTS.

DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE SAID? OH YEAH, I DO.

MR. PAUL'S SHAKING HIS HEAD, SO, OKAY.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS IN DETAIL.

SO YEAH, SO I OBVIOUSLY, I THINK AS A COURTESY WE LET DISTRICT FIVE AND SIX AS THEY GO AND, AND, UH, EITHER CONSIDER, CONSIDER, UH, ANY CANDIDATES FOR, FOR THEIR APPOINTMENTS, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY ACCEPTABLE.

UH, I DO, I GUESS I WANNA MAKE, MAKE SURE WHAT, I'M READING THIS CORRECT ON SOME DOCUMENTATION HERE.

SO THERE'S THREE AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS, UM, I GUESS THERE'S A, A BARNETT MOZ AND THEN A VACANCY.

OR, OR IS THAT SOMETHING I HAVE TO FILL OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST IN THAT? NO, THE AT LARGE CAN BE BY, UM, ANY, UM, ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL.

UH, IT'S NOT DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

UM, AS WE, AS WE NOTED, UM, THE AT LARGE POSITION COULD BE FILLED BY EITHER MS. LOPEZ OR MR. RYLES.

SO IF YOU, IF THE COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE AT LARGE POSITION, ONE OF YOU WOULD JUST, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT EITHER MS. LOPEZ OR MR. RYLES WHO CAN BOTH, WHO BOTH QUALIFIED TO SERVE IN THE AT-LARGE POSITION.

IF THIS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, UM, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR RHONDA LOPEZ.

SHE DOES LIVE IN MY DISTRICT AND SHE IS CURRENTLY ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WRAPPING UP.

SO SHE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

AND SHE'S ALSO BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE IN GETTING THE GLEN MEADOW CIVIC ASSOCIATION STARTED.

AND SO SHE IS AN ENGAGED, UH, CITIZEN AND I THINK SHE'D BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THIS COMMITTEE.

I SUPPORT THAT APPOINTMENT.

SO AT LARGE THEN, THAT'D BE THE VACANT ONE, CORRECT? THE VACANT, YES.

THE VACANT AT LARGE POSITION, SIR.

SO THEN THE, THE, THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPOINT PREACHING AS A DISTRICT THREE APPOINTMENT, UM, APPOINT, UH, MS. RHONDA LOPEZ TO, UH, FOR THE VACANT AT LARGE POSITION AND THEN REAPPOINT MR. LUIS MUNOZ AND NORMAN BARNETT TO THEIR, UH, BOTH WHICH ARE AT LARGE POSITIONS.

AND THEN WE WOULD BRING BACK THE APPOINTMENTS FOR DISTRICTS FIVE AND SIX WHEN WE HAVE MORE GUIDANCE.

SOUNDS GREAT.

CAN WE, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THOSE NAMES NOW? SO MOVED.

, MOVE TO APPROVE WHAT THE CITY CLERK JUST SAID.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, THE TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE, FOR THOSE TWO PARTICULAR POSITIONS THAT WE CAN FILL TONIGHT? UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE A, THOSE OPPOSED? AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK FOR DISTRICTS FIVE AND SIX AT A LATER DATE.

YES SIR.

SO I'M ASSUMING PUT ON AGENDA WHENEVER THEY BOTH WANT TO.

SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL GET, GET TOGETHER NOT TO GET TOGETHER, BUT FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE.

EIGHT B, CONSIDER ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE DETS NUMBER ONE, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

WE WILL SEND YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE OPTIONS NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOME APPOINTMENTS IN PLACE.

OKAY? OKAY.

ITEM

[b. Consider one (1) appointment to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. One, City of Baytown, Texas (TIRZ).]

[c. Consider one (1) appointment to the Baytown Redevelopment Authority.]

ALRIGHT, SO ITEMS EIGHT B AND C CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

SURE SIR.

AND WE HAVE MR. KYLE CARRIER TO FILL THE, UH, VACANCY IN DISTRICT FIVE, UH, IN BOTH THE TOUR AND THE BRA.

AND MR. KYLE, THIS IS YOUR APPOINTMENT? YES SIR.

KYLE'S A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN TOWN AT A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FIVE.

SO, ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, SO I A MOTION, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS EIGHT B AND C.

I'LL SECOND MR. CARRIER.

ALRIGHT, MOTION SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MR. CARRIER,

[01:10:01]

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM OH, THAT'S A, UH, B AND C MANAGER

[9. MANAGER'S REPORT Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 551.0415 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council of the City of Baytown may receive a report about items of community interest from City staff and/or a member of the City Council, but no action or possible action shall be taken or discussed concerning the subject of such report, except as provided by Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.]

REPORT.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

HEY, JUST, UH, SPECIAL HATS OFF TO OFFICER JUSTIN TURPEN, WHO, UH, USED QUITE A, QUITE A GREAT PIECE OF POLICE WORK TO APPREHEND, UH, A UH, PERSON WHO STOLE A MOTOR VEHICLE.

UH, THE OTHER DAY, UH, THE VEHICLE WAS ACTUALLY STOLEN FROM A, UH, AN A EMT FIREFIGHTER FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, THAT EARLIER THAT MORNING WHEN HE, HE WAS GOING TO WORK, HE FOUND HIS VEHICLE WAS GONE.

UH, HE ACTUALLY SAW SOMEBODY EXITING A, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE WITH A MUG THAT SHOWED A FIRE INSIGNIA ON IT AND CONTINUED TO WATCH THE INDIVIDUAL AS THEY GOT INTO A JEEP OR A VEHICLE THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE.

ALSO WITH FIRE INSIGNIAS ON IT AND PUTTING TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, HE RAN THE PLATES AND SURE ENOUGH, THAT WAS THE STOLEN VEHICLE.

WHAT AIDED, UH, IN THE APPREHENSION IS HE SAID THE GUY JUST DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A FIREFIGHTER TO HIM.

SO, UH, WHATEVER THAT THAT MEANS, BUT I'M SURE AT THIS POINT KEITH DOUGHER WOULD HAVE A JOKE.

ALRIGHT, CHIEF FOLDEN, WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I GOT A QUESTION.

GOT A QUESTION.

SO THE GUY WAS DRINKING OUT OF THIS THE GUY'S CUP? YEAH.

THAT HE HAD STOLEN.

HE STOLE HIS CUP TOO AND DRIVING IN HIS AUTOMOBILE.

DANG MAN.

TOOK HIS COFFEE.

WOW, MAN, THAT'S CRAZY.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT.

JUST PUT ON THE WHOLE UNIFORM, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT AFTER, I'M NOT OUT OF DRINKING SOMEONE ELSE'S CUP.

THAT'S JUST, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID PROBABLY WHY DIDN'T FIT THE FIREFIGHTER DESCRIPTION.

ANYWAY, UH, THE, THIS WAS ALL ACCOMPLISHED.

I'M JUST SAYING THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED ALL BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

NICE.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT HE WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

INTERESTING.

UH, RETURNED THE VEHICLE.

SO THE HAT'S OFF TO HIM.

WE'RE USING, UH, GREAT POLICE WORK AND INSTINCTS AND KEEPING, UH, EYES OPEN IF YOU'VE EVER GONE ON A RIDE ALONG WITH OUR OFFICERS.

IT IS AMAZING WHAT THEY NOTICE THAT, THAT YOU DON'T NOTICE AND THAT THEY JUST MM-HMM .

UH, I, HE, A LOT OF TIMES THE OFFICER WILL TELL, ASK ME, HE GOES, DO YOU KNOW WHY I'M PULLING THIS PERSON OVER? I'LL GO, I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT THEY SAW THREE OR FOUR THINGS, SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY SKILLED.

SO HATS OFF TO THEM.

THANKS TO OFFICER JUANITA TAMO, UH, FOR TAKING HER DAY OFF THE OTHER DAY TO TESTIFY IN A CHILD WELFARE SLASH SAFETY CASE.

UH, SHE WAS REPORTEDLY CORDIAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND EXEMPLIFIED ALL THE BEST QUALITIES OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

SO WE THANK HER, UH, FOR SACRIFICING HER TIME TO, UH, TESTIFY IN THAT IMPORTANT CASE.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER CLAYTON BREEDING FOR ACHIEVING HIS MASTERPIECE OFFICER CERTIFICATE.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, JOIN WITH ME IN CONGRATULATING NICOLE SWEARINGEN.

IS THAT HER NAME? YES.

SWEARINGEN.